Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4085 24 Nov 2025, 12:20

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 33:1.737 Passed
Tags: @product
Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
Tags: @product
2:18.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.191
And I update APT using apt 11.592
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.731
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.196
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.583
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.333
And persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:28.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 12.610
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.357
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.927
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.591
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:39.825
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.552
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
37.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 11.711
And the system is very low on memory 1.237
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.256
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.673
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.597
And I free up some memory 1.023
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.481
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:23.788
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.645
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And all tps features are active 2.280
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.866
When I disable the first tps feature 2.638
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.906
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.851
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:47.248
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.839
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.060
When I enable the first tps feature 2.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.055
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.361
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 2.726
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.730
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.287
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 13.426
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.642
When I write some files expected to persist 1.360
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.836
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 18.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.166
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 11.044
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.193
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.920
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:46.533
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 13.651
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product
49.088
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.358
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.084
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.452
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:39.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.622
When I enable persistence 17.718
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.467
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.465
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.317
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 9.014
And the computer reboots Tails 1:5.176
Given I enable persistence 15.836
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.570
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.986
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
3:0.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.682
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 25.893
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.737
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:48.038
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
45.262
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.709
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.488
Then persistence is disabled 0.124
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.060
And all notifications have disappeared 10.428
When I delete the persistent partition 2.943
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.612
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:45.696
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
53.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.659
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.315
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.770
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.053
And all notifications have disappeared 10.248
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.609
And all tps features are enabled 2.544
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:12.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:32.201
And I enable persistence 24.184
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.703
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.592
And persistence is enabled 2.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.928
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.689
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.569
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.521
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.568
When I enable persistence 10.175
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.120
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.411
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.986
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.350
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.342
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.660
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 6.471
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.427
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 15.263
And all notifications have disappeared 9.940
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.257
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.456
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.281
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.278
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.243
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.432
When I try to enable persistence 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 6.309
When I log in to a new session 13.308
And all notifications have disappeared 10.286
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.686
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000